diff --git a/infer/src/backend/config.ml b/infer/src/backend/config.ml
index ad5aa99c3..fc2fa720c 100644
--- a/infer/src/backend/config.ml
+++ b/infer/src/backend/config.ml
@@ -352,9 +352,9 @@ let patterns_of_json_with_key json_key json =
 
 (** The working directory of the initial invocation of infer, to which paths passed as command line
     options are relative. *)
-let init_work_dir =
+let init_work_dir, is_originator =
   try
-    Sys.getenv "INFER_CWD"
+    (Sys.getenv "INFER_CWD", false)
   with Not_found ->
     let cwd =
       (* Use PWD if it denotes the same inode as ., to try to avoid paths with symlinks resolved *)
@@ -372,7 +372,7 @@ let init_work_dir =
         Sys.getcwd ()
     in
     Unix.putenv "INFER_CWD" cwd ;
-    cwd
+    (cwd, true)
 
 (** Resolve relative paths passed as command line options, i.e., with respect to the working
     directory of the initial invocation of infer. *)
diff --git a/infer/src/backend/config.mli b/infer/src/backend/config.mli
index c5df57d4b..0e60b59e7 100644
--- a/infer/src/backend/config.mli
+++ b/infer/src/backend/config.mli
@@ -131,6 +131,8 @@ val lazy_dynamic_dispatch : bool
 val report_custom_error : bool
 val sound_dynamic_dispatch : bool
 
+val is_originator : bool
+
 
 (** Configuration values specified by command-line options *)
 
diff --git a/infer/src/backend/crashcontext.ml b/infer/src/backend/crashcontext.ml
index bc2958723..bb9942ec1 100644
--- a/infer/src/backend/crashcontext.ml
+++ b/infer/src/backend/crashcontext.ml
@@ -110,30 +110,21 @@ let collect_all_summaries root_summaries_dir stacktrace_file stacktraces_dir =
   IList.iter process_stacktrace input_output_file_pairs
 
 let crashcontext_epilogue ~in_buck_mode =
-  (* check whether this is the top-level infer process *)
-  let top_level_infer =
-    (* if the '--buck' option was passed, then this is the top level process
-       iff the build command starts with 'buck' *)
-    if Config.buck then in_buck_mode
-    (* otherwise, we assume javac as the build command and thus only one
-       process *)
-    else true in
-  if top_level_infer then
-    (* if we are the top-level process, then find the output directory and
-       collect all crashcontext summaries under it in a single
-       crashcontext.json file.
-       Important: Note that when running under buck, this is not the final
-       infer-out/ directory, but instead it is buck-out/, which contains the
-       infer output directories for every buck target. *)
-    let root_summaries_dir = if in_buck_mode then begin
-        let project_root = match Config.project_root with
-          | Some root -> root
-          | None -> Filename.dirname Config.results_dir in
-        let buck_out = match Config.buck_out with
-          | Some dir -> dir
-          | None -> "buck-out" in
-        project_root // buck_out
-      end
-      else Config.results_dir in
-    collect_all_summaries
-      root_summaries_dir Config.stacktrace Config.stacktraces_dir
+  (* if we are the top-level process, then find the output directory and
+     collect all crashcontext summaries under it in a single
+     crashcontext.json file.
+     Important: Note that when running under buck, this is not the final
+     infer-out/ directory, but instead it is buck-out/, which contains the
+     infer output directories for every buck target. *)
+  let root_summaries_dir = if in_buck_mode then begin
+      let project_root = match Config.project_root with
+        | Some root -> root
+        | None -> Filename.dirname Config.results_dir in
+      let buck_out = match Config.buck_out with
+        | Some dir -> dir
+        | None -> "buck-out" in
+      project_root // buck_out
+    end
+    else Config.results_dir in
+  collect_all_summaries
+    root_summaries_dir Config.stacktrace Config.stacktraces_dir
diff --git a/infer/src/backend/infer.ml b/infer/src/backend/infer.ml
index da8cb2fd6..29e0ce906 100644
--- a/infer/src/backend/infer.ml
+++ b/infer/src/backend/infer.ml
@@ -117,10 +117,13 @@ let () =
   if exit_code = Config.infer_py_argparse_error_exit_code then
     (* swallow infer.py argument parsing error *)
     Config.print_usage_exit ();
-  if Config.analyzer = Some Config.Crashcontext then
-    Crashcontext.crashcontext_epilogue ~in_buck_mode;
   if exit_code <> 0 then (
     prerr_endline ("Failed to execute: " ^ (String.concat " " (Array.to_list args_py))) ;
     exit exit_code
   );
-  if Config.fail_on_bug then fail_on_issue_epilogue ()
+  if Config.is_originator then (
+    if Config.analyzer = Some Config.Crashcontext then
+      Crashcontext.crashcontext_epilogue ~in_buck_mode;
+    if Config.fail_on_bug then
+      fail_on_issue_epilogue ();
+  )